Improved shawl and blanket-strap



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ttiitml "Mw Nam T. W. PORTER ND'H. K. PORTER, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

Lette/rs Patent N .85,129

,' (ntcfl .December 22, 1868.

IMPROVED SHAWL AND BLANIiET-STRAP.

The Schedule referred Ato vin these Letters Patent and making part` of the same.

provernent inShztwl and Blanket-Straps; 'fund we do hereby declare that the following is :t full, clear, and exact description of the construction luid operation of the sainefreference beingl had to the znccompztnyii'ig drawings, making t part of this specification, in which- Figure l is u perspective View of our invention, and n Figure Z is trnnsverse section, token on line A B, fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding' pztrts in the several figures.

The nature ofourinvention consists in combining e rigid bar with the securing-straps and ba.il, the bail being riveted to the ber, zuid the straps passing between the bar l.ind bail; also, in enclosing in the bail n metallic rod, for th'el purpose of stfeuing the bail.

lu the drmvings- C G nrc the Ye1iclosing-stmps, by which the uticle to be carried is enclosed and secured.

D is the bztil, which may be secured to the bar by rivets, its shown, or by any other suitable ineens.

a is a metallic rod, enclosed injthe rounded portion of buil D. This rod may be extended by a. flattened portion, forming` loops, through which the straps C O could pass, find, iu this event, the bzu .E could be omitted. Y

By the usual method of constructing shawl-straps, a. bend ot leather is employed in the position occupied by ber-E, in which ense the weight of the article cau'-A riedteuds constantly, by the strain upon b21-il D, to draw the straps C C together, thereby slztckening ,the bend, and allowingthe bail to bend over the fingers, and crempend pain thein. The substitution of the rigid bm' E, which'mzty be of wood or metal, for the vcommon flexible leather bend, reduces the cost of the article, While it renders it of grec-ter usefulness, end the metallic rod c also tends to keep the bail I) in the form most conducive to comfort iu carrying. l

Having thus described our invention, What we cla-im as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is j v 'f In combination with bail D and straps C G, the rigid bzu E, substantially as described, and for the purposes specified.

T. W. PORTER.

H. K. PORTER.

Witnesses HENRY HYDE SMITE, HERBERT T. WHITMAN. 

